Aguero scores four as Manchester City thrash Tottenham Hotspur 4-1

Aguero scored four goals in a dazzling display to lead City to a 4-1 win over Spurs in an entertaining EPL game that featured four penalties and a red card. (Getty Images)

Sergio Aguero scored four goals in a dazzling display to lead Manchester City to a 4-1 win over Tottenham on Saturday in an entertaining Premier League game that featured four penalties and a red card.

he champions made it 15 goals against Spurs in their last three meetings thanks to Aguero, who scored twice in each half to take his league tally this season to nine goals in eight games. He also had a first-half penalty saved.

T Aguero opened the scoring in the 13th minute and restored City's lead from the penalty spot in the 20th after Christian Eriksen had equalised.

s red-carded - and the 75th. The only negative for City at Etihad Stadium was the sight of Frank Lampard being carried off on a stretcher in the first half with an apparent

City goalkeeper Joe Hart saved a penalty from Roberto Soldado in the 62nd before Aguero scored in the 68th - from the spot after Federico Fazio w
aleft thigh injury.

ricio Pochettino described Aguero as the best striker in the world on the eve of the game, adding about his Argentine compatriot: When Aguero plays, it is like classical music in my head . it's like Mozart.

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